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A provider’s fee schedule charges more for an encounter than a patient’s insurance company will pay.  The provider is in the patient’s insurance network and the patient has already paid the correct coinsurance.  What happens to the remaining balance? 

Which of these foods is a good source of antioxidants? 

Which of the following should be noted in a patient’s family health history? 

A medical assistant enters a patient’s examination room to administer a pneumococcal vaccination.  Which of the following identifiers should the assistant use to verify the patient? 

Julia is an MA at an endocrinologist’s office.  She enters an exam room and finds the patient holding her head and perspiring.  The patient says she feels “strange and dizzy.”  What may be happening and what should Julia do? 

A medical assistant is performing aseptic handwashing.  How long should the assistant rub their hands vigorously with soap? 

A female patient at her 13-year checkup is likely to have experienced ______________________________________ in the last year.  

Testing deep tendon reflexes is a common part of examination of the ___________________________________________ system.  

Which of the following patients is both guarantor and subscriber? 

The feeling of dizziness and loss of balance is also called